Round-Up: March 22, 2014

• A #WeBelieveSurvivors rally will take place after the verdict in the Ghomeshi trial this Thursday. Find out more about the Toronto event, or other ways you can show support online and in your communities.
• Last week Manitoba passed new legislation protecting employment for workers experiencing domestic violence. Ontario has a private member’s bill that would do the same, and a B.C. NDP MLA is asking her province to follow Manitoba’s lead.
• Spoken word artist Rebecca Thomas has just been named Halifax’s first Aboriginal poet laureate (Huffington Post).
• Denise Reich at Shameless suggests ways to socialize with your friends without making income a barrier.
• A new study shows racialized people are turning to “resume whitening” to get their foot in the door when looking for jobs (Toronto Star).
• The writer of the new Xena series suggests Xena will be openly gay in the revival (A.V. Club).
• Women composers are struggling for visibility in Hollywood (Women and Hollywood).
• In a very good move, the San Francisco Pride Parade recently announced Black Lives Matter will serve as its 2016 Grand Marshal.
• Wagatwe Wanjuki writes at The Establishment about what it is like to be recognized publicly as a rape survivor, standing with Lady Gaga at the Academy Awards.